Pre-module reflection activity
Engage with this video titled “Introducing and disrupting the ‘perfect stranger'”.
In this 5-minute and 9-second video, Lenape and Potawatami educational scholar Dr. Susan D. Dion introduces what she considers the all-too-familiar position of the “perfect stranger” that many teachers take with respect to Indigenous students within their classroom. As this position is problematically characterized by not knowing as well as not wanting to know about Indigeneity and, accordingly, not being implicated in relationships with Indigenous peoples, Susan Dion suggests a few pedagogical practices that work towards disrupting this problematic position.
Pause to reflect
Please take a moment to reflect about this video, and then briefly describe your initial thoughts on paper or a digital notebook about how unlearning colonization practices, and learning about decolonization, Indigenization, and reconciliation can support you and your students in a post-secondary educational institution in Manitoba.
Reflection questions
Throughout this module, you will encounter a series of reflective questions. These are designed to assist you in thinking about your own experiences, practices, and possibilities.
Additionally, you will find a self-check quiz to track your learning from each sub-module.
